sensibility
Delicate feeling capacity
Sensibility is the capacity to feel or perceive—especially to respond emotionally to beauty, suffering, or subtle impressions.
Someone with artistic sensibility notices what others miss.
The plural sensibilities refers to susceptibility to being offended or hurt: The graphic images may offend some sensibilities.
In older usage, particularly 18th-century literature, sensibility meant emotional responsiveness as a valued trait, sometimes to excess.
Felt attitude or view
- feelingSensed inner state
- passionIntense emotional drive
- empathySharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
affectivity · sentimentality · warmth · tenderness · affection · nostalgia · melancholy · susceptibility
Flavor perception ability
- refinementElegance of manner
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
style · artistry · beauty · grace · subtlety · nuance · delicacy · discrimination
Keen perception and judgment
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- acumenSharpness of mind
- shrewdnessKeen practical judgment
astuteness · sagacity · wisdom · perspicacity · keenness · refinement · sophistication · cultivation
Mental interpretation of stimuli
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- alertnessActive mental awareness
attentiveness · insight · understanding · realization · recognition · acuity · observance · intuition
sentiment
Felt attitude or view
sympathy · affectivity · sentimentality · warmth · tenderness · affection · nostalgia · melancholy · susceptibility · impressionability
taste
Flavor perception ability
- refinementElegance of manner
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- cultivationFostering growth through care
elegance · style · artistry · beauty · grace · subtlety · nuance · delicacy · discrimination · connoisseurship
discernment
Keen perception and judgment
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- acumenSharpness of mind
shrewdness · astuteness · sagacity · wisdom · perspicacity · keenness · refinement · sophistication · cultivation · appreciation
perception
Mental interpretation of stimuli
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
alertness · attentiveness · insight · understanding · realization · recognition · acuity · observance · intuition · clarity
- emotionsjoy, anger, fear, sadness, love
- aestheticsaesthetics, aesthetic, beauty, beautiful, ugly
- viewpointsviewpoint, standpoint, perspective, point of view, outlook
- art criticismart criticism, review, art critic, critique, analysis
- cultural milieuzeitgeist, tradition, customs, values, norms
- inner experienceinner life, mind's eye, inner world, awareness, intuition
sensibilityinsensibility
Lack of physical sensation
insensitivity · callousness · coldness · numbness · hardness
sensibilityinsensibility
Lack of physical sensation
unconsciousness · numbness · insensitivity · oblivion · anesthesia
sensibilitycoarseness
Rough or vulgar quality
vulgarity · crudeness · boorishness · philistinism · crassness
- sense and sensibility
- aesthetic sensibilityCapacity for beauty appreciation